The heavens begin with Hongquan

Faced with Yan Chixia's shock, Zhu Peng understood very well, but he had already seen too many monsters in the army.

For example, General Han Binghan, who strategizes and has unparalleled military strategy;

Even if you don't talk about those who are at the general level, he is also a commander, and his ability is not the most outstanding.

After listening to Zhu Peng's general introduction to those people, Yan Chixia was extremely surprised.

How come there are so many strong masters suddenly appearing in this world? I have never heard of them before. Could it be that they were all cultivated by the [Taiping Army]? !
But in just over nine years, Yan Chixia can barely believe that if she has practiced martial arts to the extreme, it does not rule out the existence of some geniuses, but the art of war and military strategy must be immersed for decades. What kind of military strategy can be mastered in just nine years? slightly? !
Yan Chixia suddenly remembered that she saw soldiers teaching children to read outside the city, so she asked him about it.

Zhu Peng explained: "This is the task that every chief of the [Taiping Army] will be assigned to eliminate illiteracy."

"I was also assigned, in the first year."

Although Zhu Peng couldn't read medical books, under his father's supervision, he could at least know the characters, and he was one of the few "literate people" in his group.

Yan Chixia looked her up and down, amazed.

"Your kid was also a gentleman?!"

"However, is it appropriate to let military men teach children to read? Can they understand the classics~?"

Zhu Peng shook his head and said, "Uncle Yan, you misunderstood."

"Their task is only to teach people literacy, not to learn a subset of classics and history. Only those who are interested will learn those things."

"Xuan Zun's next book "The Enlightenment of the Rhythm", first of all, he asked all the soldiers of the [Taiping Army] to practice."

"When I first joined the army, most of my colleagues were illiterate and illiterate."

"The venerable said: If one person learns well, he can teach ten; if ten people can learn well, he can teach hundreds; and so on, if ten thousand people can learn well, he can teach the whole army, and if the whole army learns it, it can spread to the countryside."

Yan Chixia was immediately in awe.

Those who can say such words and put them into practice are worthy of everyone's admiration.

"But why not invite a dedicated teacher?"

Yan Chixia's thinking habits are still relatively traditional, and she believes that teaching and educating people is a matter for literati.

Zhu Peng said: "Let's not say that there were not so many teachers at that time. His Holiness said: There must be no illiterates in the army. Before when soldiers were mentioned, everyone's impression was that they were rough, or bandits in official clothes, but [ Taiping Army] Don’t do this~!”

"If we want to bring peace to the people, we must improve our own quality, whether it is physical quality or cultural quality."

"Uncle Yan, in our army, fighting alone is not enough."

Yan Chixia looked at Zhu Peng's beaming self-confidence and pride when talking about military affairs, and seemed to be touched in her heart.

"If you want to become a commander, you must have one year's teaching experience; as for the centurion at the top, you have to start learning about the formation of troops; as for the commander of a thousand, you have to master all kinds of ordnance and military tactics. ;When you reach the general level, you must have a military strategy that convinces the entire army!"

"Or, that's the only way they can get other people to become generals..."

Yan Chixia didn't know what to say anymore.

Is this the army? ?

[-] elite soldiers who can read and write and prohibit orders, plus Zhu Peng said that every year there are eliminated...

According to this kind of training, how does he feel that any senior here is enough to lead the army outside~!

He asked: "Then your art of war...? Uncle Yan means, don't you dislike reading?"

Zhu Peng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I do get sleepy when I read medical books, but I found that the more I read the art of war, the more energetic I am."

Yan Chixia shut up.

He could already imagine how his half-fairy old friend used to hop, and he would definitely scold him as "unworthy, unworthy".

"What about your source of food?"

"So many young and strong have joined the army, what about the fields? Could it be a military settlement?"

"...If it's a matter of secrecy, that's fine."

Yan Chixia realized that this kind of thing is usually the key.

But Zhu Peng said: "This is not a secret. Even the training situation in our army is known to most of the people except a few. After all, there are many soldiers who have been eliminated."

"A military colony is not a military colony. Daily training, study, and duty all take up a whole day."

"There is a special person responsible for farming and mulberry. In addition to the continuous improvement of farm tools, there are also selection of good seeds, etc., but the most laborious work is done by monsters..."

"and many more!!"

Yan Chixia interrupted abruptly, with a serious expression on his face.

"You just said...you drive monsters to do things??"

"You are playing with fire. Do you know that most monsters are rebellious, bloody and brutal, how can they obediently obey orders?! In case of backlash, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Over the years, Yan Chixia has seen hundreds of cases of ghosts eating and harming people.

Especially after practicing the spell, he understands the yang energy of living people. To demons and ghosts, it is equivalent to people needing to eat, and the purer the yang energy, the more nourishing it is.

Of course, if you focus on pure cultivation, you can do it, but Yan Chixia has never encountered such a ghost so far.

It is equivalent to simple tea and light rice. Almost everyone definitely prefers big fish and meat, delicacies from mountains and seas.

Yan Chixia still couldn't believe it, so Zhu Peng offered to take him to have a look.

"It just so happens that it's the autumn harvest season. If Uncle Yan doesn't believe it, it's better to see it."

"Uh... is it convenient?"

"It's not a secret."

………………

suburbs.farmland.

Yan Chixia saw a bamboo demon cast a spell, and within a radius of tens of meters, the heavy rice grains immediately came out and fell into the sacks that had been prepared, and the farmers carried them skillfully and left.

Speaking of farmers, Yan Chixia found that all of them had bulging tendons, not like the skinny ones in other places. With this kind of physique, one person can do a job better than three or four people in other places.

The Bamboo Demon's mana was limited, and he was exhausted after casting spells on such a large area for a dozen times. He took the time to rest and recover. Fortunately, it took time to carry the sack.

Yan Chixia saw dozens of soldiers surrounding the bamboo demon.

Zhu Peng said: "When he is exhausted, our soldiers will be responsible for protecting him."

Then, Yan Chixia saw that under the magic of the bamboo demon, the grain of this thousand acres of fertile land had been harvested in a little more than half a day.

"The efficiency is really fast!"

He didn't expect that the ability to be a monster could have such an effect here? !

No.

It should be said that the ability of monsters has always been like this, but no one has ever thought of and been able to let them do such things that benefit the people.

Zhu Peng said mysteriously: "It's not over yet!"

As he said that, a stone demon slammed on the ground, releasing its demonic power, and the soil suddenly churned like waves.

Those rice stalks swayed and fell, and as the soil surged, they were quickly swallowed up. Visible to the naked eye, a flat land appeared within a radius of tens of meters.

Yan Chixia looked at Zhu Peng: "This is...?"

Zhu Peng explained: "Returning rice stalks to the field can increase the fertility of the land. With this stone demon, he can evenly turn the fields and crush the rice stalks in an instant."

"So every autumn harvest, we only need one monster of vegetation and one monster who can manipulate earth and rocks, but the number of available people in the monster department is still too small."

Yan Chixia felt that she needed to take a break to relax her mind.

Seeing this harmonious scene, he couldn't help flashing this thought:
Can people, demons and ghosts live in harmony? ?

Who are those four venerables? !

He murmured, "How did this happen?..."

Zhu Peng heard it and said softly:

"Nothing else, it's just the "Three Chapters of the Covenant"."

"Three chapters of the agreement??"

"The murderer will die, the wounder will be punished, and the thief will be punished, regardless of ghosts."

………………

The falseness of people is called a demon, the nature and spirit of things are called spirits, the lingering souls are called ghosts, and the abnormalities of things are called monsters.

"Strange Stories"